Christianity does enforce its idea of there only being one god
upon its adherents, hence the reason for my statement.
If it is contradictory as you say, why do you not believe in the
idea of invisible and intangible aliens walking among us on earth?
You can't disprove it, does that mean that you believe it?
Do you then claim to know what the bible is about? Who
determines if my interpretation is right or wrong? The same church
who proclaimed that the earth to be the centre of the universe? The
very authority many base their belief on has been proven to be
treading on thin ice.
For the marriage analogy I would take it to be a gamble, since
you are betting on the endpoint of a happy ending. If you would
like to assume your belief in god to be but a wager, then I don't
think a god (if he existed) would think very highly of that.
so the problem lies in the belief that there is only 1 God? To
satisfy you, maybe one should embrace multiple faith in order not
to "disregard the thousands of other religions that might
exist"??
otherwise adhering to any faith alone automatically "disregard
the thousands of other religions that might exist"....why not the
other faith?
it would be contradictory to says we need evidence to believe
and yet don't need evidence not to believe......
for believing in God, of course we have evidence and are
convinced. what convinced us may not convince you.....that's
all.
if i am convinced that "idea of invisible and intangible aliens
walking among us on earth" is real, why should i not believe in
them?
my believe is true to me but may not be for you....and likewise,
what you disbelieve does not mean it is false.....and
vice-versa.
believing in God is not a gamble but we know and are convinced
that He exist. even if i cannot convince you, at least you can say
that this is a calculated gamble.....
just like your reason for taking a gamble on marriage.....you
will not marry anyone who cannot convince you that he/she is the
right partner for you.... it may fail but at the point of agreeing
to marry, you are convinced it is the right choice.
so, it not a wager on God....it is faith in Him and faith in our
choice.
as for the Bible, it is not a science or geography book
whatsoever....it is a theological book that teaches faith. the
teachings according to the church has not changed and certainly is
not proven "to be treading on thin ice".... as i said before, many
people have made use of the Bible to create trouble including false
preacher and anti-christians.... but they do not represent the
truth of the Bible. the Bible teaches love your neighbour.....
for me personally, the authority on the teaching of the Bible
rest on the Church. it is God that we worship and not the
Bible.